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EP About this file: EP3666966

EP3666966 - CLOTHES DRYER [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  02.09.2022
Database last updated on 14.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  24.09.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  09.06.2021
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  25.12.2020
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  15.05.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip13.09.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MT		published on 16.10.2024 [2024/42]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
Carl-Wery-Strasse 34
81739 München / DE
[2020/25]
Inventor(s)01 / Yao, Boli
No. 71 building, Mufushanzhuang Xiao Qu, Qixia
district
Nanjing City 210000 / CN
02 / Yang, Fan
No. 208 Yaoxin Road, Nanjing Xinggang
Economic and Technological Development Zone
Nanjing / CN
03 / Cui, Jianmin
No. 20 Yin Yuan Xi Chun, Room 404, Nanjing city
Nanjing 210000 / CN
 [2020/25]
Application number, filing date19212894.002.12.2019
[2020/25]
Priority number, dateCN20181152239913.12.2018         Original published format: CN201811522399
[2020/25]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3666966
Date:17.06.2020
Language:EN
[2020/25]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3666966
Date:27.10.2021
Language:EN
[2021/43]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP16.03.2020
ClassificationIPC:D06F58/24, // D06F25/00
[2020/25]
CPC:
D06F58/24 (EP); D06F58/02 (CN); D06F58/20 (CN);
D06F58/26 (CN); D06F25/00 (EP)
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2021/04]
Former [2020/25]AL,  AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HR,  HU,  IE,  IS,  IT,  LI,  LT,  LU,  LV,  MC,  MK,  MT,  NL,  NO,  PL,  PT,  RO,  RS,  SE,  SI,  SK,  SM,  TR 
TitleGerman:WÄSCHETROCKNER[2020/25]
English:CLOTHES DRYER[2020/25]
French:SÈCHE-LINGE[2020/25]
Examination procedure17.09.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
17.12.2020Examination requested  [2021/04]
17.12.2020Date on which the examining division has become responsible
09.06.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
15.09.2021Fee for grant paid
15.09.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
15.09.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)28.07.2022No opposition filed within time limit [2022/40]
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 [A]KR101481596B  (LG ELECTRONICS INC [KR]) [A] 1-9 * paragraph [0071]; figure - *;
 [A]CN106702669  (SUZHOU SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD, et al) [A] 5,6* claims 2-6 *
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